Proceedings of the Second International Symposium of the Brunel International Research Network for Athlete Welfare (BIRNAW) 2013.

I. Introduction -- Introduction to BIRNAW / Daniel Rhind -- II. Researching athlete welfare -- Collaborative research : challenges and pitfalls across cultures / Kari Fasting -- Dancing with the devil : the politics of working with sport organisations / Celia Brackenridge -- A framework for understanding humanisation and dehumanisation in sport / Emma Kavanagh and Abbe Brady -- The TOCT model : how it helps elucidate sport culture / Elaine Cook and Kim Dorsch -- #cyberviolence : developing a typology for understanding virtual maltreatment in sport / Emma Kavanagh and Ian Jones -- Is creating mentally tough players a masquerade for emotional abuse? / Frank Owusu-Sekyere and Misia Gervis -- III. Enhancing athlete welfare -- Law’s intervention and influence within youth sport / Steve Greenfield -- Enhancing the protective factors for sport interventions through a conflict sensitive approach for children and youth in armed conflict settings / Dean Ravizza -- Sport respects your rights – empowering young Europeans in sport for a culture of respect and integrity and against sexualised violence and gender harassment / Agnes Kainz and Mike Hartill -- Developing a policy framework on physical and sexual integrity for and with sport organisations in Flanders / Tine Vertommen -- The grey area of child protection in sport : how can abuse be avoided? / Sandra Kirby -- IV. Coda -- Future collaboration / Daniel Rhind and Celia Brackenridge.